Bill, Lloyd
You can overcome the audio mute on TX issue with the SDR Radio Console and
Server software from Simon Brown. The Console software syncs with my rig
(TS590S) using Omnirig so can mute the RX audio on TX so you don't hear
your transmitted signal. Some rewiring of the headphone cable allows radio
and PC audio through the same headphones . For a club you could set up a
Server off site and share it among multiple club members with a decent link
to the Internet at the remote site. There might be some latency but that's
better than nothing. Only challenge might be band switching and the sample
bandwidth supported by the SDR hardware but not insurmountable.
I run a personal setup like the above but have a P2P 5Ghz wireless link to
a spot 300 metres away in the fields away from the houses. SDR is a Airspy
HF+ that handles a nearby AM broadcaster without front end overload so
works a treat on 160M. I have a set of resonant wires and a 200m long
beverage at the remote spot. It's battery powered and runs for longer than
most sessions I have time and I just drop it off when I need go on air.
Most importantly it has transformed my ability copy almost anybody calling
me on bands from 30m down to 160m.
Regards
Paul MM0ZBH
On Sat, 24 Nov 2018 at 13:45, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Lloyd,
>
> What you have described is pretty much what I have envisioned.
> Personally I am still receiving at my home with occasional QRM from
> industrial sources. DSP is easing the problems for me. The problems with
> the gee-whiz approaches are centered around "latency". Tap your Morse
> key and then wait for the dit to appear some noticeable time later. The
> remote, shared receiver also does not "mute" during your transmission.
> Watch out for feedback between your received audio and your mic!
>
> None of those issues are insurmountable.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H
>
> On 11/23/18 5:49 PM, Lloyd - N9LB wrote:
> > A shared Receive Only site can be used by many operators simultaneously.
> > However a shared RX-TX site (remote station) would be impossible.
> > ( Think Bouvet on 20m CW, listening up 1-10 )
> >
> > Also a club sponsored shared RX could be set up far from any noise
> sources, run on solar cells & batteries, with an 802.11A Wi-FI link back to
> the nearest wired Internet.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Lloyd - N9LB
> >
>
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